GitLab 12.8 < 15.7.8 / 15.8 < 15.8.4 / 15.9 < 15.9.2 (CVE-2022-4462)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 172074

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Synopsis

The GitLab instance installed on the remote host is affected by vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is 12.8 prior to 15.7.8, 15.8.4, 15.9.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SECURITY-RELEASE-GITLAB-15-9-2-RELEASED advisory.

- An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.8 before 15.7.8, all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.8.4, all versions starting from 15.9 before 15.9.2. This vulnerability could allow a user to unmask the Discord Webhook URL through viewing the raw API response.
This is a medium severity issue (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N, 5.0). It is now mitigated in the latest release and is assigned CVE-2022-4462. (CVE-2022-4462)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 15.7.8, 15.8.4, 15.9.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 172074

File Name: gitlab_CVE-2022-4462.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/3/2023

Updated: 4/6/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4462

IAVA: 2023-A-0122-S

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